Table 3.

Linear regression models examining the associations between Intimate Partner Violence experiences, attitudes towards physical Intimate Partner Violence, and ability to negotiate safe sex among young women in Liberia^a

	Attitudes towards physical IPV1
	M (SE)	Unadjusted2 B (SE)	Adjusted3 B (SE)
Ever experienced any moderate violence		0.17 (0.107)	−0.10 (0.122)
Yes	2.1 (0.12)
No	1.9 (0.10)
Ever experienced any severe violence		0.59 (0.087)**	0.67 (0.107)**
Yes	2.4 (0.16)
No	1.9 (0.08)
Ever experienced any sexual violence		0.59 (0.120)**	0.26 (0.116)*
Yes	2.5 (0.21)
No	1.9 (0.10)
Ability to refuse sex		−0.33 (0.123)**	0.03 (0.123)
Yes	1.9 (0.07)
No	2.2 (0.20)
Ability to negotiate condom use		0.15 (0.115)	0.45 (0.097)**
Yes	2.0 (0.10)
No	1.9 (0.10)

¹Higher scores indicate greater acceptance of physical Intimate Partner Violence

²Models examining individual unadjusted associations between intimate partner violence experiences and ability to negotiate safe sex and attitudes towards physical intimate partner violence.

³Model simultaneously examining the associations between intimate partner violence experiences, ability to negotiate safe sex and attitudes towards physical intimate partner violence, including potential confounders (age, education, employment status, marital status, urban location, region, wealth, and number of children ever born)

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01